O'Malley Library: Cultural Anthropology: International Statistics & Sources

Country Background

African Centre for Statistics
A center for data on economic, social, demographic and environmental conditions in African countries, run by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
Background Notes (U.S. Dept. of State).
Provides brief geographical, historical, political, and economic information on particular countries.
CountryData
A data and visualization tool from the UN Statistics division to track countries' development indicators
Digital Repository of Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Links to information systems regarding economic and social development in the Latin American & Caribbean region
Economic Commission for Europe
A statistical database for the Economic Commission for Europe that contains overviews and information on demographics, economics, development, transportation and more. It has tools to allow you to make charts, tables, maps and graphs of this information.
RefWorld friom UNHCR
Collection of Country reports from the UN Refugee Agency on human rights situations worldwide
UNdata
Comprehensive database which includes most major statistical resources of international statistics from the United Nations.

CIA World Fact Book This link opens in a new window
The World Fact Book provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Produced by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Global Gender Gap Report
Issued by the World Economic Forum, this yearly report details the gender gaps in each country for different health, economic and other benchmarks
Our World in Data
Established by Oxford University this site contains visualizations and data on topics like population, health, environment and inequality for countries worldwide and over time.
World DataBank
From the World Bank. World Development Indicators plus other international indicators.
World Health Organization
WHO strives to combat diseases, help mothers and children survive and thrive, ensure the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink and the medicines and vaccines they need.